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PANJIM: The Goa Tamnar Transmission Project Limited has submitted to the High Court of Bombay at Goa that no trees will be cut for the project till the next date of hearing in November.
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The assurance comes in the wake of a petition filed before the court challenging the approval by Central Electricity Authority for an alignment of the 400 kv High Tension Line.
During the hearing on Tuesday, the legal counsel representing the firm told the court that no tree will be cut for the transmission line project until the next hearing scheduled on November 18.
The petitioners has earlier this year filed a plea alleging that the alignment directly affects forests, wildlife and a total of 1,31,082 trees in the ecologically sensitive area of the Western Ghats. They sought protection of Goa’s primary forests, wildlife and the ecologically sensitive terrain along the Western Ghats.
Further, consequent on the CEA approval, the forest clearances (Stage I and Stage II) granted, in parts, for erection of the HTL through parts of Goa, were also challenged on the same grounds, in addition to several others. The PIL also challenged the possible destruction of 22,140 trees on private land.
